2009 200th Anniversary of birth of Louis Braille	2009 XIII FINA World Championship	2009 300th Anniversary of the Discovery of Herculaneum
2009 100th anniversary Giro d'Italia	2009 10th Anniversary of the Introduction of the Euro	2009 International Year of Astronomy
2009 100th anniversary of the Nobel prize to Guglielmo Marconi	2009 100 years Founding of the Futurist movement	2009 400th Anniversary of the death of Annibale Carracci
2009 Italy of Arts – L'Aquila	2009 100 years Nobel prize Guglielmo Marconi	2009 Europe of the Arts - Edward Burne-Jones - Great Britain
2009 Europe of the Arts - Antoni Gaudi - Spain